Monday, January 31, 2005

Global warming could kill off polar bears in 20 years

According to this article in the Guardian, the World Wildlife Fund has said that global warming could kill off polar bears in 20 years:

"In the Arctic this could lead to a loss of summer sea ice, species and some types of tundra vegetation, as well as to a fundamental change in the ways of life of Inuit and other Arctic residents," the organisation said in a statement.
The total area covered by summer sea ice in the Arctic is already decreasing by 9.2% a decade, and would "disappear entirely by the end of the century" unless the situation changes.